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{de} Anders als die Andern / {en} Different from the Others [1] (Germany, 1919), directed by Richard Oswald, starring Conrad Veidt and Reinhold Schünzel. <silent>

A successful violinist, Paul Körner, who falls in love with one of his male students. A sleazy extortionist threatens to expose Körner as a homosexual. Flashbacks show us how Körner became aware of his orientation and tried first to change it, then to understand it. Körner and the extortionist end up in court, where the judge is sympathetic to the violinist, but when the scandal becomes public, Körner's career is ruined and he is driven to suicide.

Different from the Others is one of the first sympathetic portrayals of homosexuals in cinema. Along with Michael (1924) and Sex in Chains (1928), it is widely considered a landmark in gay silent cinema.